Re: [Cooker] 8.2 install bugs (text mode)

[Gary Lawrence Murphy]

> "p" == pixel  <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

>> had to use the shell to fdisk and repartion, then reboot and
>> "use existing partitions" to fix it.

p> you got
p> 100 swap 490 / 410 /home

p> what exactly would you do?

if the size leaves less than 600Mb, I scrap the idea of splitting the
/ and /home -- in the long run, it's far more trouble than it's worth.

For one thing, you end up having to move /tmp and /var into /home so
email, CUPS and other processing do not explode the volatile
directories.  Pretty soon, the drive is a jungle of symlinks moving
growing things out of / and into /home

-- 
Gary Lawrence Murphy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> TeleDynamics Communications Inc
Business Innovations Through Open Source Systems: http://www.teledyn.com
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Re: [Cooker] 8.2 install bugs (text mode)

[Pixel]

Gary Lawrence Murphy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> 1) partition of a small (1G) disk is into 3 parts by default, which
> leaves a system partition that is dangerously small.  I had to use the
> shell to fdisk and repartion, then reboot and "use existing
> partitions" to fix it.

you got

100 swap
490 /
410 /home

what exactly would you do?

> 
> 2) After deselecting packages I get the dialog asking me to select
> bare minimum, with the third option saying "no urpmi" ... if you
> _don't_ take that third option (I took no options at all) the install
> fails; packages are attempting to open some sort of RPM database that
> doesn't exist, and the error causes the installer to segfault aborting
> the package. the installation asks if it's ok to skip it, but it
> doesn't matter which answer you give, it continues, aborting all
> subsequent installs.

can't reproduce

[Cooker] 8.2 install bugs (text mode)

[Gary Lawrence Murphy]

Some quirks and errata doing a bare minimal install on a fresh
machine in text mode.  Only the CUPS install trap is serious.

1) partition of a small (1G) disk is into 3 parts by default, which
leaves a system partition that is dangerously small.  I had to use the
shell to fdisk and repartion, then reboot and "use existing
partitions" to fix it.

2) After deselecting packages I get the dialog asking me to select
bare minimum, with the third option saying "no urpmi" ... if you
_don't_ take that third option (I took no options at all) the install
fails; packages are attempting to open some sort of RPM database that
doesn't exist, and the error causes the installer to segfault aborting
the package. the installation asks if it's ok to skip it, but it
doesn't matter which answer you give, it continues, aborting all
subsequent installs.

3) Correcting for (1) and (2), installation goes well except many
packages are looking for the US_en locale and none is installed; the
screen fills with the usual "useing 'C' locale" warnings, but nothing
breaks.

4) When we get to the system config listing keyboard, mouse and
printer, it says "no printer", but clicking on this, I am offered the
chance to install one.  This machine is to be the printer server, so I
thought I'd save some time and install now ... bad move.  Installing
CUPS ends up pulling in a lot of the X11 system (why?) and after
configuring the printer, you enter into a loop where you select "done"
and it says "configuring applications" and then returns you to
configure another printer; there is no way out.

To correct for 4 I had to elect to change the printing system, and
chose to install LPRng; the LPRng dialog (with no printers configured)
let me back out.

5) after rebooting, I added the openssh RPMS; the installation does
not automatically generate the host key.  A minor point because, if
you're installing "bare, no docs" you can't expect hand-holding.

-- 
Gary Lawrence Murphy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> TeleDynamics Communications Inc
Business Innovations Through Open Source Systems: http://www.teledyn.com
"Computers are useless.  They can only give you answers."(Pablo Picasso)